Last year’s Supersport TT winner joins Batley outfit
PADGETTS MMCG Racing has confirmed an exciting line-up for the 2012 TT that contains three race winners from last year.
Eight-time TT winner Bruce Anstey, who won last year’s Monster Energy Supersport Race 1, has again signed up for this year’s meeting and will race for the team in the Monster Energy Supersport 1 and 2, Royal London 360 Superstock, Dainese Superbike and PokerStars Senior Races.
The Manx Kiwi will be joined for the Supersport and Superstock races by last year’s teammate John McGuinness, who, with 17 race wins under his belt, added the Superbike and Senior races last year to his list of victories.
John also won the overall title last year, helped by runner-up finishes in both the Superstock and second Supersport Races on Padgetts machinery.
The experienced pair have a new team-mate this year in Gary Johnson, who achieved his maiden TT victory in last year’s second Supersport race. Gary will race the Superbike and Senior races for the Padgetts outfit.
The Padgetts MMCG Racing team has become a byword in consistency at the TT with nine wins in the last four years, including Ian Hutchinson’s record-breaking five in a week in 2010.
Since 2007, the team has taken a total of 14 podiums with four fastest laps including two lap records in the Superstock class in 2009 and 2010. In total, the team has 24 top-five finishes from the last 31 races they’ve started in the same five-year period. Between the 2008 and 2010 Senior Races they won eight out of the 11 races held.
Clive Padgett, team boss at Padgett’s MMCG Racing, is clearly looking forward to the new season and said:
‘We’ve got a great team again this year and I know that all the lads enjoy racing for our team. Everyone gets on really well and feels part of the family when they climb onto our bikes. I’m delighted to welcome Gary on board and I’m sure we can help him, and John and Bruce, to add to their wins on the mountain course. Roll on June.’
Paul Phillips, TT and Motorsport Manager added:
‘Padgetts have established themselves as the team to beat. There’s a saying on the Isle of Man that to win the race you’ve got to finish it and Padgetts consistent performance has meant that they have had an unbeatable record over the last few years.’